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Alvarez, Julia Yo!
Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage
Amis, Martin The Information
Anderson, Joan A Year by the Sea
Andrews, Gregg Insane Sisters
Atwood, Margaret The Robber Bride
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
  Sense and Sensibility
Auster, Paul Mr. Vertigo

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Badami, Anita Rau The Hero's Walk
Baldacci, David Wish You Well
Balzac, Honore de Cousin Bette
Bank, Melissa The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Beattie, Ann Where You'll Find Me and Other Stories
Bellow, Saul The Adventures of Augie March
  Herzog
  Ravelstein
Benitez, Sandra A Place Where the Sea Remembers
Berger, John To the Wedding
Bernall, Misty She Said Yes
Bernardo, Jose Raul The Secret of the Bulls
Bible The Five Books of Moses
Binstock, R.C. Tree of Heaven
Bivona, Ginna Siena Ida Mae Tutweiler and the Traveling Tea Party
Boyle, T. Coraghessan Riven Rock
  The Tortilla Curtain
Bradshaw, Gillian The Beacon at Alexandria
Brookner, Anita Hotel du Lac
Bulgakov, Mikhail The Master & Margarita
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Byatt, A.S. Possession

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Campbell, Bebe Moore Brothers and Sisters
Camus, Albert The First Man
Carroll, Lewis Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  Through the Looking-Glass
Carroll, Rebecca I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like
Carter, Jimmy Living Faith
Casanova, Giacomo The Story of My Life
Castillo, Ana Peel My Love Like an Onion
Cather, Willa My Antonia
  The Professor's House
  The Song of the Lark
Chandler, Raymond The Long Goodbye
Chang, Iris The Rape of Nanking
Chapman, Fern Schumer Motherland
Chopin, Kate The Awakening
Cleghorn, Andrea Rosie's Place
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
Collins, Wilkie The Woman in White
  The Moonstone
Conway, Jill Ker True North
  The Road from Coorain
Cookson, Catherine Kate Hannigan's Girl
Coyne, John Living on the Edge
Cunningham, Michael Flesh and Blood
  The Hours
Currie, Ellen Moses Supposes

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Dandicant, Edwidge Breath, Eyes, Memory
  The Farming of Bones
Davidson, Robyn Tracks
Davies, Robertson The Cunning Man
  Fifth Business
de Bernieres, Louis Corelli's Mandolin
Denby, David Great Books
DeRosier, Linda Scott Creeker: A Woman's Journey
Diamant, Anita The Red Tent
Doig, Ivan Bucking the Sun
Donald, David Herbert Lincoln
Dorrestein, Renate Unnatural Mothers
Doyle, Roddy The Woman Who Walked into Doors
  A Star Called Henry
Drury, Joan M. Those Jordan Girls
Dubus, Andre Dancing After Hours

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Eco, Umberto The Island of the Day Before
Edwards, Louis Ten Seconds
Eggers, Dave A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Evans, Richard Paul The Carousel
  The Christmas Box
Eve, Nomi The Family Orchard

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Faulks, Sebastian Birdsong
Feibleman, Peter A Place Without Twilight
Fielding, Helen Bridget Jones's Diary
Fishel, Elizabeth Sisters
Ford, Ford Madox The Fifth Queen
Ford, Richard Independence Day
Foreman, Amanda Georgiana
Forster, E. M. Howard's End
  A Room with a View
Frank, Anne The Diary of a Young Girl
Frayn, Michael Headlong

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Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying
Gaines, Patrice Laughing in the Dark
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Of Love and Other Demons
Gardner, Mary Milkweed
Gedge, Pauline Child of the Morning
  Lady of the Reeds
Gibbons, Kaye Charms for the Easy Life
  Ellen Foster
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah Hitler's Willing Executioners
Goldman, Francisco The Long Night of White Chickens
Goldsmith, Martin The Inextinguishable Symphony
Goodwin, Doris Kearns No Ordinary Time
  Wait Till Next Year
Gordimer, Nadine None to Accompany Me
Gordon, Mary The Shadow Man
Grimsley, Jim Winter Birds
Groopman, Jerome, M.D. The Measure of Our Days
Gulland, Sandra The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B
  Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
Guterson, David East of the Mountains
  Snow Falling on Cedars

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Hammett, Dashiell The Maltese Falcon
Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure
Harr, Jonathan A Civil Action
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter
Hearon, Shelby Life Estates
Hegi, Ursula Salt Dancers
  Stones from the River
Hendrie, Laura Remember Me
  Stygo
Henley, Patricia Hummingbird House
Holland, Cecelia Great Maria
Hugo, Victor Les Miserables
Huston, Nancy The Mark of the Angel

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Ishiguro, Kazuo The Unconsoled

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James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
Jamison, Kay Redfield An Unquiet Mind

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Karon, Jan The Mitford Years Series
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted
Keneally, Thomas Schindler's List
Kennedy, William The Flaming Corsage
Kerouac, Jack On the Road
Kittle, Katrina Traveling Light
Kleiner, Gregg Where River Turns to Sky
Kricorian, Nancy Zabelle
Kurtz, Don South of the Big Four

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Lamb, Wally I Know This Much is True
Lanchester, John Mr. Phillips
Lawrence, D. H. Lady Chatterly's Lover
Lelewer, Nancy Something's Not Right
Lethem, Jonathan Motherless Brooklyn
Levenkron, Steven The Luckiest Girl in the World
Llosa, Mario Vargas The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
  In Praise of the Stepmother
Lott, Deborah A. In Session

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MacDonald, Michael Patrick All Souls
Mah, Adeline Yen Falling Leaves
  Watching the Tree
Makine, Andrei Dreams of My Russian Summers
Malouf, David Remembering Babylon
Martz, Sandra Haldeman When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple
Mason, Anita Reich Angel
McCarthy, Cormac All the Pretty Horses
  The Crossing
McCort, Frank Angela's Ashes
McCracken, Elizabeth The Giant's House
McNeal, Tom Goodnight Nebraska
Meade, Marion Stealing Heaven
Meador, D.J. Unforgotten
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Mendelsohn, Jane I Was Amelia Earhart
Messud, Claire The Last Life
Michener, Marian Dreaming Under a Ton of Lizards
Millhauser, Steven Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
Minot, Susan Evening
Mirvis, Tova The Ladies Auxiliary
Mitchison, Naomi The Corn King and the Spring Queen
Mortimer, John Paradise Postponed
  Titmuss Regained
  The Sound of Trumpets
Munro, Alice The Love of a Good Woman
  Open Secrets
Murakami, Haruki Norwegian Wood
Murdoch, Iris The Sea, the Sea

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Nattel, Lilian The River Midnight
Nicol, Margaret Enemy of the Average
Nordan, Lewis Wolf Whistle

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O'Brien, Tim In the Lake of the Woods
O'Faolain, Nuala Are You Somebody?
Ondaatje, Michael The English Patient
Orenstein, Peggy Schoolgirls
Owen, Howard Littlejohn

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Pallamary, Matthew J. Land Without Evil
Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country
Peck, M. Scott A Bed by the Window
Pensack, Robert, M.D. and Dwight Williams Raising Lazarus
Philbrick, Nathaniel In the Heart of the Sea
Phillips, Jayne Anne Motherkind
Pietryzk, Leslie Pears on a Willow Tree
Pollack, William Real Boys
Power, Susan The Grass Dancer
Prejean, Sister Helen Dead Man Walking
Price, Reynolds The Promise of Rest
  Three Gospels
  A Whole New Life
Proulx, E. Annie Accordion Crimes
  The Shipping News

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Reardon, Joan M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child & Alice Waters
Reiken, Frederick The Lost Legends of New Jersey
Rockcastle, Mary Francois Rainy Lake
Rodgers, Joni Sugar Land
Rogak, Lisa Pretzel Logic
Rushdie, Salman The Moor's Last Sigh
Russo, Richard Nobody's Fool

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Salter, James Light Years
Santiago, Esmeralda Almost a Woman
  When I Was Puerto Rican
Sapphire Push
Saracino, Mary Finding Grace
Schami, Rafik Damascus Nights
Schulman, Audrey The Cage
Schwartz, Lynne Sharon The Fatigue Artist
Schwarz, Christina Drowning Ruth
Scott, Joanna Catherine The Luck Gourd Shop
Shields, Carol Larry's Party
  The Stone Diaries
Shields, Jody The Fig Eater
Shreve, Anita The Weight of Water
Sidhwa, Bapsi Cracking India
Silko, Leslie Marmon Gardens in the Dunes
Sills, Judith Loving Men More, Needing Men Less
Simecka, Martin M. Year of the Frog
Skibel, Joseph A Blessing on the Moon
Slate, Jeff and David Rearden Bloodsworth Island
Smiley, Jane Moo
Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle
Soueif, Ahdaf The Map of Love
Spiegelman, Art Maus I
Starnes, Henry Grady Summer at the Resort
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose
  Crossing to Safety
Stephens, Autumn Wild Women
Strout, Elizabeth Amy and Isabelle
Sullivan, Faith The Cape Anne
  The Empress of One
Sutin, Jack and Rochelle Sutin Jack and Rochelle
Swift, Graham Last Orders

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Tan, Amy The Joy Luck Club
Taylor, Ruth Mattson Evidence From Beyond
Thomas, William H., M.D. Learning from Hannah
Thompson, Jim The Killer Inside Me
Thomsen, Moritz The Saddest Pleasure
Toer, Pramoedya Ananta This Earth of Mankind
Tsukiyama, Gail The Language of Threads

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Ueland, Brenda If You Want to Write
Undset, Sigrid Kristin Lavransdatter

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Verghese, Abraham My Own Country
Vida, Nina Goodbye, Saigon
Vreeland, Susan Girl in Hyacinth Blue

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Walker, Alice The Same River Twice
Walker, Marianne Margaret Mitchell & John Marsh
Walton, Lewis R. Final Storm
Wesley, Mary An Imaginative Experience
Wharton, Edith The Age of Innocence
  The House of Mirth
White, Bailey Sleeping at the Starlite Motel
Williams, Donna Nobody Nowhere
Winik, Marion First Comes Love
Winton, Tim The Riders
Wolfe, Thomas Look Homeward, Angel
Wright, Bil Sunday You Learn How to Box

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Yamanaka, Lois-Ann Blu's Hanging
Yogananda, Paramahansa Autobiography of a Yogi

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Zabytko, Irene The Sky Unwashed
Zaroulis, Nancy Call the Darkness Light

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